Dissertation Defense
Factors Related to Weight-Bias Among Counselors
Doctoral Candidate Name: Katie Christensen Program: Counselor Education and Supervision Defense Date and Time: May 24, 2021 – 10:30 AM Defense Location: Zoom Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Sejal Parikh Foxx Committee Members: Dr. Lyndon Abrams, Dr. Clare Merlin-Knoblich, Dr. Claudia Flowers Abstract: More than two-thirds of adults and one-sixth of children and adolescents in the […]
Effects of Asynchronous Professional Development for Religious Leaders on Knowledge and Confidence Implementing Inclusive Language and Learning
Doctoral Candidate Name: Jared Stewart-Ginsburg Program: Special Education Defense Date and Time: May 26, 2021 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: Online via Zoom Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Valerie L. Mazzotti Committee Members: Dr. Robert Pennington, Dr. Lyndon Abrams, Dr. Claudia Flowers, and Dr. Erik Carter Abstract: Youth with disabilities are overall less engaged in extracurricular, […]
THE ROLE OF METFORMIN ON NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER PROGRESSION AND SKELETAL MUSCLE HEALTH
Doctoral Candidate Name: Nicole Stott Program: Biology Defense Date and Time: May 5, 2021 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: Virtual Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Joe Marino Committee Members: Abstract: Lung cancer is the second most common cancer and maintains a small survival rate (~20%). Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) makes up 80-85% of all lung […]
Assimilation & Accommodation: Cognitive Processes Facilitating Posttraumatic Growth and Depreciation After Infidelity
Doctoral Candidate Name: Victoria L. O’Connor Program: Health Psychology Defense Date and Time: June 23, 2021 – 1:00 PM Defense Location: Virtually via Zoom Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Jennifer Langhinrichsen-Rohling Committee Members: Dr. Amy Peterman, Dr. Erika Montanaro, Dr. Mark DeHaven Abstract: Posttraumatic growth theory (PTG) posits that positive psychological changes can result from the […]
AviatAR – An Augmented Reality System to Improve Pilot Performance for Unmanned Aerial Systems
Doctoral Candidate Name: Robert Louis Abbott Program: Computing and Information Systems Defense Date and Time: April 23, 2021 – 1:00 PM Defense Location: Zoom Link: https://uncc.zoom.us/j/91037180316 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Mirsad Hadzikadic Committee Members: Dr. Minwoo Lee, Dr. Zbigniew Ras, Dr. Samira Shaikh Abstract: In the modern airspace, small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) such as […]
Service-Learning” Social-Emotional Development and Civic-Engagement in Second Graders
Doctoral Candidate Name: Aimee Miller Program: Defense Date and Time: April 21, 2021 – 1:00 PM Defense Location: Virtual Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Rebecca Shore Committee Members: Dr. Richard Lambert, Dr. Maria Leahy, Dr. Heather Coffey Abstract:
THE BALANCING OF THE ARTIST-TEACHER DUAL IDENTITY IN K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOL VISUAL ART EDUCATORS
Doctoral Candidate Name: Deborah Wall Program: Educational Leadership Defense Date and Time: April 20, 2021 – 12:00 PM Defense Location: Virtual via Zoom Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Rebecca Shore Committee Members: Dr. Ryan Miller, Dr. David Gall, Dr. Jamie Kudlats Abstract: The purpose of this narrative qualitative study was to explore how artist-teachers perceive themselves, […]
Knowledge extraction and analysis of medical text with particular emphasis on medical guidelines
Doctoral Candidate Name: Hossein Hematialam Program: Computing and Information Systems Defense Date and Time: April 28, 2021 – 1:30 PM Defense Location: Zoom Committee chair’s Name: Wlodek Zadrozny Committee Members: Dr. Yaorong Ge, Dr. Reza Mousavi, Dr. Xi Niu, and Dr. Albert Park Abstract: In this dissertation document, we describe the potential for Information Extraction, […]
EXAMINING THE RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE SECOND VERSION OF THE VULNERABILITY INDEX-SERVICE PRIORITIZATION DECISION TOOL (VI-SPDAT) FOR SINGLE ADULTS
Doctoral Candidate Name: Khalil Salim Program: Health Psychology Defense Date and Time: April 19, 2021 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: Zoom Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Ryan Kilmer & Dr. James Cook Committee Members: Dr. Lori Thomas & Dr. Joanne Carman Abstract: Many communities use the Vulnerability Index-Service Prioritization Decision Tool (VI-SPDAT) to determine which individuals […]
FACTORS INFLUENCING VETERAN ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION
Doctoral Candidate Name: Tamara Chatalia Bryant Program: Business Administration: DBA Defense Date and Time: April 14, 2021 – 11:00 AM Defense Location: Virtually Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Laura Stanley Committee Members: Dr. Reginald Silver, Dr. Franz Kellermanns, Dr. Chandrasekar Subramaniam Abstract: Veteran business owners are essential contributors to American society and the U. S. economy. […]